Supporters of the Appalachian Restoration Act (S696) wait to enter room 406 Dirksen for the first Senate hearings on mountaintop removal coal mining for seven years.
Citizens opposing mountaintop removal coal mining and coal miners who support it converged on the US Capitol, June 25, 2009 where a hearing entitled, "The Impacts of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining on Water Quality in Appalachia," held before the Senate Environment and Public Works Water and Wildlife...
more »Supporters of the Appalachian Restoration Act (S696) wait to enter room 406 Dirksen for the first Senate hearings on mountaintop removal coal mining for seven years.
Citizens opposing mountaintop removal coal mining and coal miners who support it converged on the US Capitol, June 25, 2009 where a hearing entitled, "The Impacts of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining on Water Quality in Appalachia," held before the Senate Environment and Public Works Water and Wildlife Subcommittee took place.
2009 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Maria Gunnoe, from Bob White, WV, testified to the impacts on water quality on the waters of Appalachia by mountaintop removal coal mining. Senator Cardin (D-MD) promised that this would be the first of many hearings on the issue.
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